| Visiting Meikleour and Blairgowrie in Perthshire is a | | | | 1745 and is 530 meters (1/3rd of a mile) long and |
| great way for any outdoors enthusiast to spend | | | | 30 meters (100ft) high. The hedge was left to |
| a holiday in Scotland. Read some more about | | | | grow as high as possible to honour the men who |
| these destinations below: | | | | died fighting for the Jacobites at Culloden. This |
| Blairgowrie | | | | amazing landmark, which is also the longest beech |
| The Perthshire town of Blairgowrie sits on the | | | | hedge in the UK, grows around the Meikleour |
| banks of the River Ericht. By the late 1700s | | | | House, which is owned by the Marquess of |
| Blairgowrie had developed as a centre for flax, | | | | Landsdowne and was built in 1870. |
| with twelve spinning mills. Today, however, the | | | | Accommodation and Activities |
| town is more famous for soft fruits like | | | | To see the Meikleour hedge you can book |
| raspberries, although many people visit Blairgowrie | | | | accommodation in the Meikleour Hotel. The hotel is |
| for golf and fishing. There is also a sixty mile | | | | perfect for golf, fly fishing and shooting |
| circular hiking route called the Cateran Trail which | | | | enthusiasts. Blairgowrie fishing in the River Tay is |
| follows the historic drove roads used in the past | | | | a treat to fly fishermen wanting to hook salmon, |
| by cattle rustlers and brigands. | | | | while the hotel's positioning is prime for Blairgowrie |
| Meikleour | | | | golf hotel accommodation. Shooting of pheasants |
| Meikleour is a quaint village just five miles to the | | | | in season can be arranged by hotel management, |
| south of Blairgowrie. The village is famous for the | | | | which makes this one of the best places for |
| Guinness Record highest beech hedge in the | | | | accommodation and eating out in the Blairgowrie |
| world. The Blairgowrie beech hedges, or the | | | | area. |
| Meikleour Hedge as it is known, was planted in | | | | |